SRT going for the full season of the International GT Open with Isaac Tutumlu en Maxime Soulet

SRT did not go unnoticed in their
international comeback during the opening meeting of the
International GT Open at the Nürburgring, with Maxime Soulet and
Nicky Catsburg. In the meantime the team has come to an agreement
with the Spanish driver Isaac Tutumlu and the Belgian Maxime Soulet
to compete in the entire championship. Following the strong
performance during the first weekend this duo has every intention of
carrying on in this light as from the next upcoming round, to be held
in Portimao, on 7th
and 8th
June.

Maxime Soulet needs no introduction, but
who is Isaac Tutumlu? He was born in Barcelona, Spain on 5th
July 1985 and is more than at home in the world of sport. He speaks
six languages fluently and studied Tourism and Public Relations.
Today he runs his own company, BTM Holding, dedicated to
international football management.

“I started off at a very young age in
go-karting”, the new SRT
Corvette driver commented. “I
carried on through to my 20th
birthday and won numerous different championships, such as Formula
Catalunya, Kart Club Valles Championship, Campionat de Catalunya…
As from my 20th
I switched over to Touring cars, GT and Prototypes, with
participations and victories in amongst others the Nissan 350Z
Challenge, Open Prototype in Spain, Winter European Radical Series,
International GT Open, IberGT, and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup… My aim
this season is to battle it out for the GT Open title and I’m fully
convinced I have found the perfect partners with SRT Corvette and
Maxime Soulet.”

It goes without saying that for SRT’s
comeback on the international scene the challenge is a fairly heavy
one. However the team is ready to take on what might come.

Patrick Selleslagh: “I’m
obviously delighted with this agreement. We have two young in-house
drivers, both are fully conversant with the championship and the
circuits and I’m sure that Maxime will perfectly share the
experience he has of the Corvette with his Spanish teammate. It’s a
homogenous duo and as such we can quite rightly have ambitions. How
we bring this about we’ll see during the course of the season, but
one thing is for sure – we intend to battle it out up front. I’m
looking forward to our upcoming round in Portugal!”